From C.D.Wright@solipsys.compulink.co.uk Wed Jan 26 11:12:11 2000
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:12:11 +0000
From: C.D.Wright@solipsys.compulink.co.uk
Subject: Re: Subjunctive?

> > If I had a million pounds/dollars/kroner
> > then I'd be rich.
> 
> why is this a complicated issue, doi jbopre? 
> 
> is there something wrong with lu 
> "ganai mi ponse lo megdo rupnu gi mi ricfu" 
> li'u? 

The point is that a logical if/then is always true if 
the first part is false, and the whole issue about a 
subjunctive is that the first part is always false.
The logical if/then simply does not carry the same 
implications that the English does, and the question
is - how can the following be translated accurately:

If I were to be given a million pounds
then I'd be rich.

Whatever the lojban version is, it must carry the same
implication concerning the implausibility of the first
part of the statement.


cdw.
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